Cutting apparatus, holding member for holding object to be cut and storage medium storing cutting control program

Abstract

A cutting apparatus includes a cutting unit including a cutting blade, a holding member having an adhesive layer on which an object to be cut is removably held, a wireless tag containing cutting information, a reading unit reading the cutting information from the wireless tag when the holding member has been set on the apparatus, and a control unit controlling the cutting unit based on the cutting information the reading unit has read from the wireless tag. The cutting information includes at least one of a relative moving speed between the blade and the object, a pressing force of the blade against the object and a correction amount which corrects a relative movement amount of the blade relative to the object. The cutting unit includes a pressing unit which presses the object held by the holding member, and the cutting information includes a pressing force of the pressing unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A cutting apparatus comprising:
 a cutting unit including a cutting blade moved together with an object to be cut, relative to each other, thereby cutting the object by the cutting blade; 
 a holding member having an adhesive layer on which the object is removably held, the holding member being set onto the cutting apparatus while adhesively holding the object; 
 a wireless tag provided on the holding member and containing cutting information written thereon, the cutting information including information about a cutting operation; 
 a reading unit which reads the cutting information from the wireless tag when the holding member has been set on the cutting apparatus; and 
 a control unit which controls the cutting unit based on the cutting information the reading unit has read from the wireless tag, 
 wherein the cutting information includes at least one of a relative moving speed between the cutting blade and the object, a pressing force of the cutting blade against the object and an amount of correction which corrects an amount of relative movement of the cutting blade relative to the object; and 
 wherein the cutting unit includes a pressing unit which presses the object held by the holding member, and the cutting information includes a pressing force of the pressing unit. 
 
     
     
       2. The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the cutting information includes contour data for cutting a predetermined pattern contour. 
     
     
       3. The apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the cutting information includes layout data for laying out the pattern contour on the object. 
     
     
       4. The apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the cutting information includes cutting sequence data for specifying a cutting sequence of cutting a plurality of the pattern contours when the plural pattern contours are cut for the object. 
     
     
       5. The apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a setting unit which updates the cutting information read from the wireless tag by the reading unit and a writing unit which writes into the wireless tag the cutting information updated by the setting unit. 
     
     
       6. The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the wireless tag is detachably attached to the holding member. 
     
     
       7. A holding member for use with a cutting apparatus which includes a cutting unit cutting an object to be cut, a reading unit which reads cutting information by wireless communication and a control unit which controls the cutting unit based on the cutting information read by the reading unit, the holding member comprising:
 an adhesive layer on which the object is removably held; and 
 a wireless tag in which cutting information including information about a cutting operation is written, 
 wherein the cutting information includes at least one of a relative moving speed between the cutting blade and the object, a pressing force of the cutting blade against the object and an amount of correction which corrects an amount of relative movement of the cutting blade relative to the object; and 
 wherein the cutting unit includes a pressing unit which presses the object held by the holding member, and the cutting information includes a pressing force of the pressing unit. 
 
     
     
       8. The member according to  claim 7 , wherein the cutting information includes contour data for cutting a predetermined pattern contour. 
     
     
       9. The member according to  claim 8 , wherein the cutting information includes layout data for laying out the pattern contour on the object. 
     
     
       10. The member according to  claim 8 , wherein the cutting information includes cutting sequence data for specifying a cutting sequence of cutting a plurality of the pattern contours
 when the plural pattern contours are cut from the object. 
 
     
     
       11. The member according to  claim 7 , wherein the wireless tag is detachably attached to the holding member. 
     
     
       12. A storage medium which is computer-readable and stores a control program that is used for a cutting apparatus which includes a holding member set at a position opposed to a cutting blade and having an adhesive layer on which the object is removably held, a cutting unit moving the cutting blade and the holding member relative to each other, thereby cutting the object by the cutting blade and a reading unit reading information by wireless communication, the control program comprising:
 a reading routine of reading the cutting information from the wireless tag by the reading unit when the holding member is set on the cutting apparatus; and 
 a cutting control routine of controlling the cutting unit based on the cutting information read from the wireless tag in the reading routine. 
 
     
     
       13. The storage medium according to  claim 12 , wherein the control program further comprises:
 a setting routine of updating the cutting information read from the wireless tag in the reading routine; and 
 a writing routine of writing the cutting information updated in the setting routine into the wireless tag.